A safety regulator has vowed to take enforcement action if any WHS breaches are identified in its investigation into NSW's first case of black lung disease in four decades.
A European study has identified a link between a substance used in the healthcare industry and a deadly motor neuron disease, as well as a positive association between the disease and two occupations.
Switching to standing desks reduces musculoskeletal stress, but workers must increase their standing time gradually to avoid the risk of injury, an occupational physiotherapist warns.
An employer has committed $113,000 to raising awareness of a contagious disease, after its vaccination system failed and four workers were exposed to and contracted the illness. Meanwhile, another employer has introduced a cutting-edge forklift management system under a $225,000 enforceable undertaking.
A New Zealand government department has been convicted of workplace health and safety breaches relating to the September 2014 shooting murders of two staff members.
In the lead up to White Ribbon Day on 25 November, employers are being urged to implement domestic violence policies and ensure managers are prepared to take emergency action to keep employee victims safe.
With employment relationships and technologies "changing quicker than ever before", workers must be trained and empowered to "think independently about risk", according to employment and safety lawyer Shae McCartney.
The Yuanda asbestos scandal is just one example of how the proposed 2014 Building Code, in the Federal Government's ABCC-restoration Bill, will undermine workplace health and safety, according to new report from a progressive research institute.
